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Kathryn V. Baker, 85
Longtime Truro resident
Kathryn (Kay) Baker, 85, longtime resident of North Truro, died May 3 at Cape Cod Hospital.
Born in New York, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Caroline (Rieger) Baker. Ms. Baker graduated from Ardsley High School in Ardsley, N.Y., class of 1941. She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in sociology in 1945 and went on to acquire an M.B.A. in management and personnel administration from New York University. She spent her working career in the field of education, recruiting students and as the assistant to the dean at Iona College graduate division in the School of Business Administration. She was the loving partner of Ruth LaDrew who died several years ago.
Besides being known as a successful business woman in North Truro as the proprietor of “Sea Song,” she was also a volunteer for many years for the AIDS support group of Provincetown, driving patients to appointments and staying with them and caring for them as needed. Ms. Baker was also one of the first board members of HOW (Helping Our Women) and a generous supporter of the Unitarian-Universalist Meeting House in Provincetown.
She was the sister of the late Frederick Baker and the late Marilyn Baker Cowhey. Among the many people who will miss her are her three nieces, Kathleen King and her husband Scott, Patricia Dalibor and her husband Harold and Margaret Castle and her husband Robert; her three nephews, Robert Cowhey and his wife Patricia, John Cowhey and his wife Lori and Kevin Cowhey and his wife Vanessa; and her 15 great-nieces and nephews. She was also the great-great-aunt to four. She was the aunt of the late Daniel J. Cowhey. Locally, she had many close friends, including Marie Belden, Pat Callinan and Susan Cook.
A funeral service will take place at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 9, followed by a burial service at Old North Cemetery, Truro. Visiting hours are Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gately-McHoul Funeral Home, 94 Harry Kemp Way, Provincetown. If desired, memorial contributions in her honor may be made to Helping Our Women, P.O. Box 1376, Provincetown, MA 02657 or www.helpingourwomen.org, or to the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod through their website, www.asgcc.org.
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Edward C. “Babe” Carreiro
Donald Louis Robinson, 71
Jason Shinder, 52
Nathaniel A. Barney, 86; Mary E. Barney, 87
Victor Pacellini, 85
David “Dixie” Federico
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May 8th, 2008